A source tells Peter Yoon of ESPNLosAngeles.com that freshman center Tony Parker has been cleared by the NCAA to play this season, leaving two other recruits — wing Shabazz Muhammad and point forward Kyle Anderson — awaiting clarification of their statuses.

Muhammad was held out of the Bruins’ preseason trip to China last month while the NCAA investigated whether he received improper benefits, and on Sunday came a report that both Anderson and Parker were also under scrutiny.

Earlier on Monday, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero released a statement that read, in part, “Currently, there are two men’s basketball student-athletes who have not yet received final amateurism certification from the NCAA.”

Joakim Noah will not play for France in the Olympics, while Tony Parker’s status is not yet known. (Frederick Florin/Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah will not play for France in the upcoming London Olympics while still recovering from an ankle injury suffered in the first round of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, he told the French sports daily L’Equipe.

“I’m absolutely not ready, not ready to run, not ready to jump,” Noah told L’Equipe, according to a translation on BallinEurope.com. “And even less to play. I need more time and work. I’m not in form for someone who wants to compete in the Olympics. And given the problems that I have with my ankles, not going to the Games seemed to be the most reasonable decision.”

The status of point guard Tony Parker, who suffered a scratched cornea in an incident at a New York nightclub that allegedly involved a dispute between singer Chris Brown and the entourage of rapper Drake, is still unknown. France has until Thursday to finalize its roster.

Chris Brown and Drake have reportedly been offered $1 million each to fight in a Las Vegas boxing ring in August. (Brendan Thorne/Getty Images)

Chris Brown and Drake have reportedly been offered $1 million each to fight three rounds in a boxing ring, and the promoter is hoping to pay Rhianna, who dated both pop stars, to star as the ring girl, all in the name of charity, according to a report on Wednesday from The New York Times:

“It’s more of a show than anything, and we can raise a million for charity,” the promoter, Damon Feldman, said by phone on Wednesday.  “Instead of fighting in a bar they could get paid to fight. [W]e would like to have Rihanna as a ring girl, but if she doesn’t take our offer, we know she will be watching.”

The fight, if it happens, would take place at a ring in Las Vegas in August. In the Times report from James C. McKinley Jr., an additional $1 million would go towards a charity for battered women.

This wouldn’t be the first time Feldman proposed that two public figures duke it out in a ring. He promoted fights featuring Jose Canseco, Lindsey Lohan’s father, Rodney King and Danny Bonaduce.

Drake and Brown had fought in a New York City night club on June 14 that resulted in the club being shuttered and its liquor license revoked by the state. The San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker was at the club at the time of the fight between Drake and Brown and left with a corneal laceration to his left eye that could prevent him from competing in the Olympics for France.

Feldman was investigated in 2010 by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for staging what the Times report called “faux fights” with predetermined outcomes, but Feldman said, “it’s entertainment, it’s the WWE of boxing.”

Tony Parker needed eye surgery after he scratched his cornea during a club fight involving singer Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake’s entourage recently.

Emilio Carchia of the international basketball website Sportando Basket reports that Parker risked losing his eye to undergo the surgery, and that he now could miss playing for France in the 2012 London Olympics.

Tony Parker had eye surgery and he said that he risked to lose the eye. On July 5 he will fly to the States to visit an eye-specialist

— Emiliano Carchia (@SportandoBasket) June 24, 2012

Tony Parker risks to miss Olympic Games after the eye injury he suffered in a club in New York

— Emiliano Carchia (@SportandoBasket) June 24, 2012

Parker was in the nightclub — the W.i.P club in SoHo — when the two parties started the fight, allegedly over pop star Rihanna. According to a loose translation of a Q&A on Parker’s blog, the shard of glass penetrated “99 percent” of his left eye. He wrote that doctors “conducted additional tests on Friday afternoon and found a piece of glass that had penetrated 99 percent [of my] left eye. I can say today, I almost lost my eye.”

Parker wrote that “at best,” he will return to France on July 7, which would cause him to miss some exhibition matches. France’s first game action in the 2012 Olympics comes on July 29 against the United States.

Parker’s lawsuit against the nightclub — for $20 million — alleges that club operators were negligent in security and supervision.

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker is suing the owners of SoHo nightclub W.i.P for $20 million after he suffered a “corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries” as a bystander at the Chris Brown-Drake bottle-throwing fight last week, according to the New York Post.

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday, does not name Brown or Drake, but holds the club responsible for allowing the two into the same space.

“The defendants were reckless, careless and negligent in permitting Drake’s entourage and Brown’s entourage to be in the club at the same time despite known tension between the two.”

Parker is unable to work out for at least a week with the French national team as it prepares for the Olympics. He is wearing a therapeutic contact lens to help his eye heal.

Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose have the best selling jerseys outside the United States. (Noah Graham/Getty Images)

Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose and LeBron James have the three best selling NBA jerseys outside the United States, respectively, according to The New York Times, which obtained a copy of the rankings released by the league on June 21:

According to figures released by the league, Bryant’s jersey is the most popular in China, Europe and Latin America. Derrick Rose of the Bulls has the second-most popular jersey globally, followed by LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard.

The list is based on sales  from Adidas stores outside the U.S. during the 2011-12 NBA season.

According to the Times, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and rookie Ricky Rubio were among international players with popular jerseys worldwide as well.

In April, Derrick Rose and Jeremy Lin had the most popular jersey’s in the U.S., respectively. They had generated the most jersey sales and team merchandise, but it should be noted that, according to NBA.com, these figures were based on “sales at the temporary NBA Store on Fifth Avenue and on NBAStore.com.”

Spurs guard Tony Parker wears dark sunglasses to cover the eye that was injured during a brawl at a NYC club. (AFP/Getty Images)

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker was injured during a nightclub brawl in New York City involving singer Chris Brown and members of rapper Drake’s entourage.

Parker was in Paris and told what happened during a news conference posted on YouTube and said he expects to be out about a week but should be ready to play for the French national team at the Summer Olympics in London.

Parker, who was with his girlfriend, said he was wearing a therapeutic contact lens and went to an emergency room in Paris for treatment.

“They started throwing bottles everywhere. I don’t know what happened,” Parker said. “At first it was OK, but then it started getting worse and when the plane landed it was really hurting so I went straight to the ER.”

The Spurs had no comment.

The San Antonio Spurs included both Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker in trade talks last offseason. (Layne Murdoch/Getty Images)

The juggernaut known as the San Antonio Spurs that is currently running through the NBA Playoffs was almost dismantled last offseason.

The New York Post’s Peter Vecsey reports that the Spurs included both point guard Tony Parker and sixth man Manu Ginobili in trade talks after their season ended at the hands of the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies.

Vecsey reports that everyone minus Tim Duncan was available for the right price. Vecsey feels it’s necessary to specify what exactly that means:

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, I must reemphasize, were available for the appropriate equity.

The Spurs, however, weren’t impressed by any offer they got for either Parker or Ginobili. Probably a good thing, considering their 20-game steamroll of a winning streak through the end of the regular season and playoffs ended just the other night at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Parker was a hot rumor last offseason, but this is the first mention of Ginobili in trade talks. Parker was the Spurs’ lucrative trade bait for them to shed Richard Jefferson’s hefty contract. Ginobili too, apparently, was available, though the wrist injury he suffered at the end of last season likely hampered any offers the Spurs got for him.

The moves on which the Spurs eventually did pull the trigger, both last offseason and during the year, helped make them the force they are now. They traded guard George Hill to the Indiana Pacers for the first-round pick that became small forward Kawhi Leonard, who is averaging 8.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game this postseason. His value as a player stretches beyond those numbers. In March, they finally shipped off Jefferson in exchange for Stephen Jackson, who has fit into his role with the Spurs.

Vecsey summarizes it as such: ”The Spurs hit a home run.”